New-York tribune., 1887-05-15
TRADE WITH ENGLAND AND HER COLONIES

GIEANINGs FROM CONSULAR REPoRTs-wBITE-LEAD
-CHEEsE-rHE NEW TARIFF OF NEW SOUTH
WALES.
WASHINGTON. May 14-"Cousin Ben Folsom, Consul
at Sheffield England, in short report the whtelead
industry in England which appears III the latest Voue
OF Consular Reports that OF the raw material
for the manufacture Is received from the United sates
that there is no American whitehead to be found In thaV
market d he doubts If there is any opening FOR IL lie
reports the wages OF in this Industry al $4 90 W
81 SO per week of sixty hours. or seventy-three 10
eighty-one cents per day Consul Williams OF Kouen,
contributes elaborate and valuable report on ieao anu
whitehead in France and several other European coun
tries which the Dutch and French processes Oh "Ve
lead manufacture are pretty fully described
Consul Alden, of Rome. and Consul tletcher
Of Genoa write on the same industry In Italy
Consul Underwood, Of Glasgow, Scotland furnishes an
interesting report British Shipping and seamen,
and one on American and Scotch Butter and Cheese
In the latter report he says:
American Uned satesl is quoted from 81 to "a
cheese in certain sense rated above would be its
Se xeuS c tS Country Of little
Scotch and Canadian cheeses are at tnsr best ~
Time bnt IsI Is not in demand upon the best
Ts sT IN %s unod gN%s
instructive The amount imported INTO Siasges M & y b
equal 724 tons in se 1902 boxes equal to
sase. Sas TO be or Increased be
GSnd SS front Po oR 5s % fs ns m Of heat from time
dairy until they are lsndet here IL would seem
that attention given 10 the matter as IS done Iele
beef the cheese might be sent over in cool
least in reasonable temperature than al present
1t appears that while Scotch" Dunlap"-cheese is
quoted at so to So shngs In the Glasgow MARKET cana
dian cheese is held at the price, while In London
the latter stands higher at SO TO 80 shillngs.
Consul clifford. OF Basle, Switzerland reports that
large swiss mandatory OF silk, wooen and cotton Knit
goods, which employs about 1000 operatives and ex'
ports large quantities OF goods TO this country Is about
10 establish branch factory in the United states lie
says machinery and operatives Will DC
transferred TO that country from the swiss factory
IL appears from report by Consul Jernlgan OF loga
Japan, that earnest effort making TO Induce the
Japanese Government TO open negotiations 1or com
mercial treaty with the United States. Free lmport-
ton of American petroleum into Japan and OF Japanese
silk into tue United States Is mentioned rs an OBJECT de
siraOle to attain.
The report of Consul Griffin, OF Sydney. the new
tarfo New South Wales Is an elaborate document
Mr. Griffin states that American locomotives and Amer
machinery and appliances are likely soon 70 super
sede all others In Australia. California canned salmon
fruits have already taken virtual possession OF inc
Australian market OF the former S20JOOO worth were
imported at Sydney alone last year Ihe CONSUL us
cussng Canadian Efforts 10 contrOi tbc Ausraih a e
says
The Government Canada recently appointed Mr Al
Woods their general IN Australia The era'
character Of ns duties has not yet been iuy ehpa9e ou
has been announced that he VIII open an Once ana ware
house In Sydney IN which he VIII exhibit samples OF goO
from 200 Canadian manu- actores The AGENT genera
claims that Canada can supply AustrAans WIN Az h1 Eo
except and now imported iron thc Inei
SIaleA
As Australia imports from the Unltel States about
three times much she exports TO this country, aud
she imports from any other country, except
England Consul Clifford thinks it will be well for Amerl-
canexporters TO keep sharp eye on the Canadians